Combined receptacle and clamp



March 31,1942. v. MICARI 4 I 2,278,401

COMBINED RECEPTACLE AND CLAMP F iled Aug. 12. 1939 Inventor,

Qy 'h/s attorney,

Patented Mar. 31, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT: oer- COMBINED BECEPTACLE AND CLAMP Vincent Micari, Upper Darby, Pa.

Application August 12, 1939, Serial No. 289,778

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a combined receptacle and clamp.

The hairdresser, at times, has occasion to temporarily deposit hair pins in some place where they can be easily picked up, for further use, during his work of dressing a persons hair. It is, therefore, one of the objects of my invention to provide some kind of a light receptacle, having a clamp thereon, of such a form and in such a position on the receptacle, as to enable the operator to quickly attach the same either to his own garment, or that of his customer, in such a place as will be most convenient for his work. One such place is at the shoulder.

A further object of my invention is to provide a clamp and receptacle which, while fulfilling the above named object, will have the clamp attached to the inside wall of the receptacle, having the clamp constructed with an outside gripping jaw, which can be easily released by pressing an up-standing portion of the clamp toward a portion of the receptacle wall, to which the clamp is attached. In this connection, I desire to have the clamp and its jaw so formed that the clamp can be easily operated by the thumb and finger of the operator.

With these and other objects which will hereinafter appear, one embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the drawing and is hereinafter described, its operation is explained and what I claim is set forth.

In the drawing,

Figure l is a perspective view of a combined receptacle and clamp embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan of the receptacle and clamp shown in Figurel.

Figure 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 33, of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the clamp per se.

Figure 5 is a perspective View of a leaf spring used in connection with the clamp.

In the figures, the receptacle II] is shown to have a body portion I I, with a fiat rear wall portion I2 and bottom portion I3. The rear wall portion I2 is shown to have an up-standing part I4. The top edge of the receptacle has a rolledover rim I5, which terminates at I6 and II, at

the top of the wall I2. These ends I6 and II are spaced, permitting the formation of the upstanding portion to the wall I2. This portion I4 is shown to have a rolled-over edge I8.

Centrally positioned within the receptacle III, against the rear wall I2 thereof, is a sheet metal clamp I9, having a central portion 20, attached by ears 2I and 22 to the wall portion I2. The central portion 20 has integral therewith, the spaced arm portions 23 and 24, which are bent up, outward and over the rim I5, and then extend downwardly and are integrally connected with the bar or jaw 25, forming the outside of the clamp. The central portion 20, of the clamp I9, extends upward to form a lever portion 26, having a rolled-over edge 21. Held between the lower part, of the portion 20, of the clamp I9, and the receptacle wall I2, is a thin leaf spring '28, normally urging the upper part of the clamp I9, inwardly from the wall I2. If desired, the sheet metal clamp I9, can be made of elastic material, so that it can, of itself, in its upper part, spring away from the wall portion I2, to give suflicient clamping action to the jaw 25. In this case the leaf spring 28 can be dispensed with.

In operation, a fold of cloth, as 29 is formed and held by the operator, either as a fold in the garment of the customer, above the shoulder, or as a fold in a towel, thrown over the shoulder, where occasion to use the receptacle is in a hairdressers shop. While thus holding the fold 29, the operator, with the other hand opens the clamp I9, by pressing the lever portion 26 against the up-standing portion I4, of the back wall I2.

In so doing, the jaw 25 is moved outward, and

thus held open, the fold 29 is positioned back of the jaw 25, as shown in Figure 3. Upon releasing the clamp I9, the jaw 25 becomes spring pressed against the fold 29, tightly gripping the same. At the same time, the lower end of the wall I2, bears against the shoulder of the one thus supporting the receptacle III, and in this position, the receptacle rim I5 is held more or less horizontal. The receptacle so held by the customer, preferably in a sitting position, affords a convenient place for the operator, to

put hair pins, or from which to pick them up, as

he proceeds with his work, on the hair of his customer. While I have described the use of my invention as particularly adapted to the needs of a hair dresser, it is obvious that the same device can be readily supported for other holding purposes, as for holding shoemakers nails or pegs, where the clamp grips some object, for holding the receptacle upright.

Inasmuch as changes can be made in the one embodiment of my invention illustrated and above described, I wish to include all forms which come within the scope of the following claim.

I claim:

In a releasably attachable bowl device including a bowl body and a clamp fixed to said body,

the rear part of the wall of said body having a rim portion at its upper end, an upstanding finger engaging portion integral with said rear wall part, extending above the line of said rim portion, said clamp comprising a central, upright, elastic member, positioned within said bowl body, and having its lower end fixed inside onto the lower part of said body, the upper end of said elastic member being normally sprung toward the axis of said body and being formed to provide a finger engageable piece for said clamp, and positioned to be opposite said finger engageable portion of said rear wall part in normal spring-urged spaced relation thereto, an elongated looped part integral with said elastic member at its upper end, said looped part having inverted, U-shaped ends reaching out, over said rim portion in spaced relation, and terminating integrally, outside of said bowl body in a bar portion connecting said ends, said bar portion being in normal, spring-pressed relation to the upper, rear wall part of said body, forming a jaw on said clamp.

VINCENT MICARI. 

